Etymology Explorer β€Ί Portuguese

Where does β€œroupa” come from?

roupa (Portuguese) comes from Old Portuguese roupa, from Gothic π‚πŒ°πŒΏπ€πŒ°, from Gothic π‚πŒ°πŒΏπ€πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½, from Proto-Germanic raupijanΔ…, from Proto-Indo-European roub ~ reub-, from Proto-Indo-European reup.

roupa (Portuguese): clothing, clothes

Definitions

  1. clothing, clothes

Ancestry of β€œroupa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseroupaβ€”
2Gothicπ‚πŒ°πŒΏπ€πŒ°β€”
3Gothicπ‚πŒ°πŒΏπ€πŒΎπŒ°πŒ½to pick, pluck
4Proto-GermanicraupijanΔ…to pluck, rip, pull off
5Proto-Indo-Europeanroub ~ reub-β€”
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreupβ€”

Words derived from β€œroupa”

  • roupeiro
Every word from Proto-Indo-European reup β†’